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Dantes inferno linked to christmas carol
Dantes inferno linked to christmas carol
Dantes inferno linked to christmas carol
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Dante’s Inferno and A Christmas Carol both have similarities and differences between them. These stories both talk about different things and almost have similar ideas such as three different categories found in the stories. The three categories that have many similarities and differences include the spirit guide, theme and the structural elements throughout the story. The stories both take place in an era that dealt with ghosts and spirits and the supposed underworld or hell. The stories both talk about hell and how the two main characters could possibly end up there if they do not straighten up. The characters first examples of similarities and differences come about in the spirit guide. The spirit guide basically shows the differences between the ghost that visited Dante and the ghosts that visited Ebenezer. The ghosts showed each one of the characters something but did not show them the same place. Dante’s ghost showed him the different levels of hell and what those levels of hell consisted of. Ebenezer’s ghosts had differences compared to Dante’s ghosts. Ebenezer’s were three different ghosts that showed him the past, present and future of Christmas. Though the ghosts showed different places for each of the character they had a main similarity. The similarity included having the ghost …show more content…
Like all themes some are different and some are crazy and can destroy the story. But, some stories are very well put together and the theme matches together one hundred percent. The two stories similarity shows that if you get in trouble you can be forgiven for your sins. The main difference with Dante includes Dante introducing pity and sadness instead of forgiveness. The main difference with Ebenezer shows when he asks for forgiveness for what he has done. Another group of similarities and differences that poke out to me include the structural elements of the
The morality play Everyman and the drama A Christmas Carol both show how to live a life that isn’t focused around one’s self. For one, they both teach a similar moral lesson. The lesson of both is essentially that if you live a life full of sin then, you won’t have the more fulfilling pleasures in life. They both bring into account that the day of reckoning will come and everyone must be ready for that day. The characters presented in Everyman are the Messenger, the Doctor, Kindred, Angel, Death, Fellowship, Everyman, God, and so many more. The characters in A Christmas Carol are Tiny Tim, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, the Ghost of Christmas Future, Ebenezer Scrooge, as well as a few others. The main characters in both stories, Everyman and Scrooge, are spoken to by some sort of out of world thing.
Some traditional stories are so influential, they are born again in modern-day books. Such as, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ebenezer Scrooge lives in London in the 1800’s. He is selfish and greedy. His ex-partner comes to visit him as a ghost. He warns him that he will be visited by three spirits: The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Just like A Christmas Carol, How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, The Grinch is mean. He tries to steal the Who’s, from the imaginary town of Whoville, Christmas spirit and happiness. Cindy Lou Who helps The Grinch become a better person. And of course, The Grinch’s dog, Max, tags along.
Behaving wrong could ruin many friendships. Especially the ones you love. A Christmas Carol is a perfect example of this. It shows how greed and anger can destroy some great companionships. The main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, is the very greedy man of this play/movie. All he cares about is making money and using it all on himself. Until he gets visited by three ghosts which are the past, the present, and the future. This drama and movie have many similarities, yet many differences.
Even though the implied themes are inherently the same, the stated themes are very
When going through the stories The Odyssey by Homer and Inferno by Dante, you get the feeling of how diverse, yet similar the two stories are. When reading The Odyssey, you find Ulysses trying to get home to his love, Penelope. He has been gone for twenty years, and through those years, he has struggled with good and evil, just like Dante in Inferno. Ulysses finds himself time after time fighting off gods and their children. Dante, struggling with good and evil, works his way through the nine levels of hell. He is struggling to find where his faithfulness lies. He also is trying to find his way to his love, Beatrice. When reading The Odyssey and Inferno, we find many similarities and differences, from the main characters characteristics, to the experiences within religion during Dante and Homer’s times.
Geothe's Faust is similar in many ways to both Dante's Inferno and Milton's Paradise Lost. The obvious similarity is how each work relates to evil or Hell. Other similarities include how the villains of two of these epics are the most likable characters, and the use of classical and Christian mythology in each poem. Faust deals with evil when he makes a deal with Mephistopheles, or Satan. This deal is that Mephistopheles will give Faust whatever he wants in return for his (Faust's) soul. Inferno is a journey through Hell. Dante is being lead by his guide, Virgil, through the icy parts of Hell, to the center of the earth, while he climbs up Satan's legs into Heaven. Paradise Lost is about how Satan is newly cast out of Heaven and just getting used to his surroundings, which is a more traditional furnace-like Hell unlike the one in Inferno.
The first difference occurs in the number of spirit guides each character uses. In Dante’s Inferno Dante’s spirit guide is the great writer Virgil. In A Christmas Carol Scrooge needs the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come to guide him on his journey. Another difference between the spirit guides appears in their manner towards the person they guide. Dante’s spirit guide Virgil for example, explains to him the layout of Hell when he asks. “My on, within this ring of broken rocks, he then began, there are three smaller circles; like those that you are leaving, they range down. Those circles are all full of cursed spirits; so that your seeing of them may suffice, learn now the why and how of their confinement,” (Dante’s Inferno, Canto 11). Virgil explains to Dante that their are now levels of Hell and the farther down you go, the worse the sinners and the punishments for the sinners become. Scrooge’s third guide the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come does not even talk to Scrooge. “I am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come? Said Scrooge. The spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand,” (A Christmas Carol). Virgil acts as a way for all of Dante’s questions to become answered while he dwells in Hell unlike Scrooge’s guides who only guide Scrooge to try to make him change his greedy ways of life. The
Ring, Ring, Ring! People begin to celebrate the spirit of Christmas. I walk through town seeing everyone celebrating Christmas and having a good time with their family. Around these times you can tell how generous people become and people begin to change due to the holiday spirit. People don't always change due to the holiday spirits. In the stories of “Dante’s Inferno” and “A Christmas Carol” both show many similarities and differences through them. Some similarities consist both have guides, both have chapters that represent different places or times, and they both have consequences on their actions. Then the differences consist that they have different places they go through, the age differences, and Scrooge changes his lifestyle while Dante
For centuries humans have been drawing parallels to help explain or understand different concepts. These parallels, or allegories, tell a simple story and their purpose is to use another point of view to help guide individuals into the correct line of thought. “The only stable element in a literary work is its words, which if one knows the language in which it is written, have a meaning. The significance of that meaning is what may be called allegory.”(Bloomfield) As Bloomfield stated, it is only how we interpret the words in an allegory that matters, each person can interpreted it in a slightly different way and allegories are most often personalized by a reader. Dante’s Inferno allegory is present throughout the entire poem. From the dark wood to the depths of Dante’s hell he presents the different crimes committed in life as they could be punished in death.
How do we know when or how to change ourselves as people? Sometimes, we all need a shove from something or someone to help us better ourselves. The most dominant factors are kindness, fear, and regret. These three things can make us willing to go through the hassle and hard work of breaking out of a habit, whether it be putting your feet on the couch, or your attitude.
...raits, nevertheless, the differences outweigh the similarities. Hell primarily focuses on punishing sinners; the House of Death does not. In fact, Odysseus meets many more people who are not being punished, than those who are. Both underworlds are chaotic, but Hell contains a very strict structure, which makes it organized; the House of Death does not have this element during Odysseus’ stay. Dante’s Inferno emphasizes the morality and reasons for sin when conversing with sinners in Hell, while The Odyssey emphasizes Odysseus’ reunion with old friends, as they discuss past events. The differences are at least partly a result of Homer’s and Dante’s differing religions, when they each wrote their own, and the culture in which each of them lived. The two works agree one element though. They each portray existing in the underworld as second to living on earth.
The Divine Comedy and the Bible are similar and different in many ways. Dante includes Paradiso (Heaven), Purgatory, and Inferno (Hell) in The Divine Comedy. It talks about where people go when they die. The Bible differs from this because there is only Heaven and Hell. There is not a middle place, such as Purgatory, where people go to repent of their sins even after death. Also, unlike Inferno, Hell is not split up into many categories. In the Bible they go straight into Heaven or Hell. Also, everyone’s new bodies in the two stories are different. The Divine Comedy and the Bible have several complex ideas, and the comparisons and contrasts of the two are interesting.
In the two works of literature in Beowulf and The Inferno, the two main characters have certain qualities, and the ultimate one when comparing the two is being a Christian hero. Dante in The Inferno journeys through hell alongside Virgil, and learns how sinners are punished in hell contrasting the sins they committed, which refers to contrapasso. After the first few circles of hell, Dante was sympathizing for the sinners and doubting God for punishing them; this makes Dante appear to be a weaker Christian hero than Beowulf. Beowulf shows that he is a better Christian hero compared to Dante because of many reasons, like his faith in God, bravery, and heroic feats that he accomplished.
In Dante’s Inferno, the relationship between Dante the Pilgrim and Virgil the Guide is an ever-evolving one. By analyzing the transformation of this relationship as the two sojourn through the circles of hell, one is able to learn more about the mindset of Dante the Poet. At the outset, Dante is clearly subservient to Virgil, whom he holds in high esteem for his literary genius. However, as the work progresses, Virgil facilitates Dante’s spiritual enlightenment, so that by the end, Dante has ascended to Virgil’s spiritual level and has in many respects surpassed him. In Dante’s journey with respect to Virgil, one can see man’s spiritual journey towards understanding God. While God loves man regardless of his faults, His greatest desire is to see man attain greater spirituality, in that man, already created in God’s image, may truly become divine, and in doing so, attain eternality.
Both, Dante’s The Divine Comedy, Inferno and The Canterbury Tales is the story of how different kinds of sins are being punished, and is the reflection of what is justice according to both writers. Both, stories have characters that are on religious journey, and both are epic poems. Also, a first person narrator tells both works, and the purpose of these works is to deliver a message to viewers through their stories. But, Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is more realistic, less religious, and reaches its purpose of delivering a message comparing with Dante’s Inferno.